#5680 HIGH Never A: G1G1 laptops are shipping with "security" (DRM) enabled

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#5680: G1G1 laptops are shipping with "security" (DRM) enabled
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  Reporter:  gnu       |       Owner:  wad                          
      Type:  defect    |      Status:  new                          
  Priority:  high      |   Milestone:  Never Assigned               
 Component:  hardware  |     Version:                               
Resolution:            |    Keywords:  DRM, firmware, security, G1G1
  Verified:  0         |    Blocking:                               
 Blockedby:            |  
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Comment(by gnu):

 Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:11:36 -0500
   From: Mikus Grinbergs <mikus at bga.com>
  To: devel at lists.laptop.org
   Subject: Re: Is DRM on every G1G1 laptop?

 > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Developer_Key describes the procedure for
 > obtaining a developer key.  We tried to make that procedure as easy as
 > possible within the constraints of our available manpower and time (i.e.
 > we have a lot of other things that need attention too).  Note that there
 > is no discretionary component to this procedure - ask and you shall
 receive.

 I now have my developer key - thank you very much.
 But there were hurdles:

 The procedure describes using 'wget' to fetch the key.  Perhaps due
 to my physical connection setup (wired + proxy), the 'wget' would
 time out and say "Resolving activation.laptop.org ... failed".
 [Note: for me, wget on the laptop *does* work when fetching from
 other olpc servers.  And Browse on the laptop *did* fetch (from
 activation.laptop.org) the "status" page associated with my key.]

 I ended up using a browser on a regular Linux system to fetch the
 key.  [And I had to __twice__ override the browser, which kept
 telling me it did not trust the activation.laptop certificate.]
 Then I had to provide a way to transfer the key from the Linux
 system to the laptop (to match how the other systems on my local LAN
 communicate, I installed vsftpd on the laptop).  A lot of effort.

 mikus

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